USNA Building To Be Renamed for President Jimmy Carter

[OldRetSWO]

Let's no forget, McCain was the son and grandson of USNA graduates and four Stars.

And the parent of a grad. When our sons were mids, I spent some time with him at some small alumni parent events. He was very quiet/private about his own kid attending - as are a number of other politicians that I know of.

 

[OldRetSWO]

According to a news article I just read, he returned often.

I assume not so much in the last number of years because of his declining health.

Take that with a grain of salt as I was a Bancroft Hall resident when he was a candidate and his first couple of years in office and he came by ONCE and that was the normal graduation rotation.
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NOTE: During my youngster year, there was a magazine article about him that mentioned his room number when he lived in Bancroft Hall. As that was the room number on MY door, my roommate and I prepared for a Presidential visit which never came. We considered putting up a sign to denote it as the "Jimmy Carter Room" similar to the scattering of Medal of Honor recipient rooms but somehow we refrained.

 

[WT Door]

Take that with a grain of salt as I was a Bancroft Hall resident when he was a candidate and his first couple of years in office and he came by ONCE and that was the normal graduation rotation.

You might have been out sailing the weekend President Carter came to a home football game when Navy played Georgia Tech. The President spent a year at GT before entering the Naval Academy. I got my gawking up close with some classmates before being moved along by the secret service.

 

[OldRetSWO]

You might have been out sailing the weekend President Carter came to a home football game when Navy played Georgia Tech. The President spent a year at GT before entering the Naval Academy. I got my gawking up close with some classmates before being moved along by the secret service.

No I do not remember that. Did he come into the yard and meet with Mids or just go to the game?
I do know that at graduation, he just gave diplomas to the first hundred and then sat down and ignored the rest of us
except when the huge applause for a noted cancer survivor brought the stadium and then the president to his feet.

 

[WT Door]

No I do not remember that. Did he come into the yard and meet with Mids or just go to the game?
I do know that at graduation, he just gave diplomas to the first hundred and then sat down and ignored the rest of us
except when the huge applause for a noted cancer survivor brought the stadium and then the president to his feet.

President Carter flew in on Marine 1 for the game. No time in the Yard. If I remember correctly, he departed at half time. I did find this image, most likely taken during "June Week". I hope it wasn't too tough of a come around for the plebes with the POTUS and Supe.

 

[OldRetSWO]

LOL - I'm pretty sure that is my company as the guy on the right was a teammate of mine.

 

[Bill P]

One of the greatest Second Acts of all time. Wrong time or wrong person for the job - whatever or whichever. His life after the Presidency is one of exemplary service to humanity.

 

[Day-Tripper]

I remember the Olin Employees Credit Union was giving “bargain” rate car loans at 12%. I couldn’t afford a car payment and kept driving my ‘69 Camaro.

I'd have held onto that '69 Camaro over ANY new car built in 1980-1981.

 

[NJROTC-CC]

I'd have held onto that '69 Camaro over ANY new car built in 1980-1981.

Back then, ‘69 Camaros were cool, but gas was expensive and I wanted a Toyota Tercel. Seems ridiculous now, doesn’t it? I was young and foolish

 

[Day-Tripper]

Back then, ‘69 Camaros were cool, but gas was expensive and I wanted a Toyota Tercel. Seems ridiculous now, doesn’t it? I was young and foolish

1969 Camaros will always be cool, even when there's none left.

I had, for two years only, a 1978 Camaro Z28 with 8 cylinders & 400 cubic inches & upraised lettering on the tires & a custom Jensen stereo. Got a solid 12 miles per gallon, the way I drove it. Nobody beat me from stop light to stop light. Nobody played Van Halen music louder. Always drove with one hand, as I was smoking a Camel with my other one.

Now I drive a Nissan Versa and am quite happy with my 41 miles per gallon and pay less in insurance today than I did on the Camaro in 1983-1984 (not adjusted for inflation). The kids have grown so I no longer need a minivan, which I owned three of in the 1990s-2000s. And haven't smoked since 1997.

Still, if I could tool around in that '78 Z28 again, just for a while.........

 

[NJROTC-CC]

1969 Camaros will always be cool, even when there's none left.

I had, for two years only, a 1978 Camaro Z28 with 8 cylinders & 400 cubic inches & upraised lettering on the tires & a custom Jensen stereo. Got a solid 12 miles per gallon, the way I drove it. Nobody beat me from stop light to stop light. Nobody played Van Halen music louder. Always drove with one hand, as I was smoking a Camel with my other one.

Now I drive a Nissan Versa and am quite happy with my 41 miles per gallon and pay less in insurance today than I did on the Camaro in 1983-1984 (not adjusted for inflation). The kids have grown so I no longer need a minivan, which I owned three of in the 1990s-2000s. And haven't smoked since 1997.

Still, if I could tool around in that '78 Z28 again, just for a while.........

My 2016 Impala has more bawls than my ‘69 Camaro had. The old muscle cars were cool, but modern cars drive much better

 

[Capt MJ]

1969 Camaros will always be cool, even when there's none left.

I had, for two years only, a 1978 Camaro Z28 with 8 cylinders & 400 cubic inches & upraised lettering on the tires & a custom Jensen stereo. Got a solid 12 miles per gallon, the way I drove it. Nobody beat me from stop light to stop light. Nobody played Van Halen music louder. Always drove with one hand, as I was smoking a Camel with my other one.

Now I drive a Nissan Versa and am quite happy with my 41 miles per gallon and pay less in insurance today than I did on the Camaro in 1983-1984 (not adjusted for inflation). The kids have grown so I no longer need a minivan, which I owned three of in the 1990s-2000s. And haven't smoked since 1997.

Still, if I could tool around in that '78 Z28 again, just for a while.........

We need to revive this thread.
Post in thread 'Let’s Talk Cars…Old Favorites, Your First, Dream, The One You Wish You Still Had, Car Stories Any Kind, How You Learned To Drive …and more'
https://www.serviceacademyforums.co...you-learned-to-drive-…and-more.86747/post-899965

 

[Day-Tripper]

My 2016 Impala has more bawls than my ‘69 Camaro had. The old muscle cars were cool, but modern cars drive much better

You got 60,000 miles on a Detroit-built car in 1960s-1970s, you did well. Today you have to expect 150,000 miles out of any new car.

 

[FutureAcademyDad?]

We have an aggregate of 930,000+ miles between our 3 vehicles.

I want to hit 1,000,000, but DW is increasingly skeptical.

 

[Day-Tripper]

Not sure any of the nation’s problems that occurred during his presidency, such as oil crisis, mega inflation, Iran hostage crisis were his fault. Just bad luck for him that they happened during his term in office. But I voted for Regan in 1980 nevertheless.

While Jimmy Carter was remembered as being a staunch leftie liberal progressive, he really wasn't. Bernie Sanders, he wasn't.

While governor of Georgia he was a huge & vocal supporter of the Vietnam War. Most governors were fairly quiet about the national issue. Only California's Ronald Reagan and Texas' John Connally (whom, like Carter, had eyes on the White House) were as strong in their hawkish support of the war.

Governor Carter was a supporter of William "Rusty" Calley in 1971 when the butcher of My Lai was indicted for war crimes by the US Army, to his eternal shame.

In 1972 Carter & a lot of other Democrats (Ted Kennedy, most prominantly) figured, rightly that Dick Nixon was a lock for re-election. By 1976 Carter could read the pulse of the nation, i.e forget about Vietnam altogether & campaign as an uber-lib (though he still wasn't & didn't govern as president as one).

 

[Dr. Strange Love]

While Jimmy Carter was remembered as being a staunch leftie liberal progressive, he really wasn't. Bernie Sanders, he wasn't.

While governor of Georgia he was a huge & vocal supporter of the Vietnam War. Most governors were fairly quiet about the national issue. Only California's Ronald Reagan and Texas' John Connally (whom, like Carter, had eyes on the White House) were as strong in their hawkish support of the war.

Governor Carter was a supporter of William "Rusty" Calley in 1971 when the butcher of My Lai was indicted for war crimes by the US Army, to his eternal shame.

In 1972 Carter & a lot of other Democrats (Ted Kennedy, most prominantly) figured, rightly that Dick Nixon was a lock for re-election. By 1976 Carter could read the pulse of the nation, i.e forget about Vietnam altogether & campaign as an uber-lib (though he still wasn't & didn't govern as president as one).

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Agree 100% … Carter wasn’t dovish one bit …. He inherited a really bad economic situation … and his progressive ideas didn’t help him …

And Carter had more guts than anyone on the Right or Left when appointed Paul Volcker as the Fed chairman … this was a gift to Reagan who wouldn’t have won his 2nd term if Volcker’s harsh medicine didn’t fix the out of control inflation.
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